@Article{Eva_etal2004,
author="Eva, H.D.
and Belward, A.S.
and De Miranda, E.E.
and Di Bella, C.M.
and Gond, V.
and Huber, O.
and Jones, S.
and Sgrenzaroli, M.
and Fritz, S.",
title="A land cover map of South America",
journal="Global Change Biology",
year="2004",
publisher="BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD",
volume="10",
number="5",
pages="731--744",
optkeywords="Amazonia",
optkeywords="ecosystems",
optkeywords="land cover",
optkeywords="mapping",
optkeywords="South America",
optkeywords="vegetation classes",
abstract="A digital land cover map of South America has been produced using remotely sensed satellite data acquired between 1995 and the year 2000. The mapping scale is defined by the 1 km spatial resolution of the map grid-cell. In order to realize the product, different sources of satellite data were used, each source providing either a particular parameter of land cover characteristic required by the legend, or mapping a particular land cover class. The map legend is designed both to fit requirements for regional climate modelling and for studies on land cover change. The legend is also compatible with a wider, global, land cover mapping exercise, which seeks to characterize the world{\textquoteright}s land surface for the year 2000. As a first step, the humid forest domain has been validated using a sample of high-resolution satellite images. The map demonstrates both the major incursions of agriculture into the remaining forest domains and the extensive areas of agriculture, which now dominate South America{\textquoteright}s grasslands.",
optnote="ISI:000221421600015",
optnote="exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=235), last updated on Wed, 04 May 2011 11:29:12 -0300",
issn="1354-1013"
}